Bravo's "Real Housewives" aren't, as you might have suspected, a particularly virulent form of television cancer. They can be stopped. The network that has made stars out of unhinged, egocentric hausfraus like Teresa Giudice, NeNe Leakes and Camille Grammer has pulled the plug on the Washington, D.C. franchise, which starred alleged White House gatecrasher Michaele Salahi, after a single season.

Bravo programming veep Andy Cohen announced the cancellation Thursday, saying that the ladies "told stories that were unique to any other in the franchise" -- what other franchise had a storyline that involved Congressional hearings? -- and that the network hopes hope to work with them again "in another capacity."

"I sort of knew this was going to happen," Salahi tells People magazine. "The other women didn't want me back on the show, and Andy stood his ground and said there wouldn't be a show without me on it. I'm grateful to him for that.

"There was so much negativity with the other women," she continues. "If they could blow me up, they would. That's how much they hate me."